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BUTLER COUNTY BEGINNINGS Wildflowers from the Wildfork Community

BY ANNIE CRENSHAW   By the way, in spite of its prevalence throughout the South, the wisteria we see covering helpless trees, old buildings, fence rows, and anything else that stands still long enough, is NOT a native flower. It’s usually Chinese or Japanese wisteria that has escaped from someone’s yard. Our native wisteria (American…

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FDC DAR March notes

The Fort Dale Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, met on Tuesday, March 19, at the Greenville-Butler County Public Library. Claudia Lewis gave an entertaining presentation of her trip last fall to Norway which included the highlight of witnessing the northern lights. Getting to view the aurora borealis was certainly a bucket list trip for…

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An amazing bloom season

The year’s amazing camellia blooming season is drawing to an end but there is an impressive array of azaleas continuing the burst of color across the county. The American Camellia Society provides general guidelines for fertilizing camellias which includes three applications (early March, early May, and early July). They also recommend contacting your local extension…

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Greenville native wins an Oscar

BY BRUCE BRANUM The Greenville Standard   Vince Womack, a native of Greenville, became an Oscar winner at the 96th Academy Awards. He is the son of Ruby Mae Price Womack who still resides in Greenville. Womack and his team won the academy award for best documentary short film “The Last Repair Shop. The documentary…

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Crash claims G’ana man

TROY POST – A single-vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 4 a.m. Sunday, March 10, has claimed the life of a Georgiana man. Thomas J. Thomas, 36, was fatally injured when the 2003 Toyota Camry he was driving left the roadway, struck a concrete embankment and overturned before going into a creek. Thomas was not…

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March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

Colorectal Cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in Alabama. Regional Medical Center of Central Alabama is partnering with the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB to promote Colon Cancer Awareness. On Tuesday, March 12, Brandon B. Slagley, MD- Family Medicine, was the speaker at a Health and Wellness Brunch. The event was…

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Tiger Battalion makes Top 40

The Greenville High School JROTC Tiger Battalion Academic/Leadership Bowl Team has outshined within a group of 1,451 Army JROTC leadership teams from around the globe. Throughout preliminary rounds, cadets underwent rigorous assessments covering a spectrum of topics, including current events, leadership values, skills, and financial literacy. For their hard work, they were selected in February…

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IRON VIKINGS committed to serving community

BY BRUCE BRANUM The Greenville Standard   The Iron Vikings Motorcycle Club clan members in Butler County have committed to serving the community through hand’s on projects and fund raising efforts. They recently announced to two projects on Saturday, March 16. Viking member Dana Watson said, “We are a law abiding club not a gang.…

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It’s Sunshine Week

BY BRUCE BRANUM The Greenville Standard   It’s Sunshine Week. A week to celebrate freedom of information laws in every state. It also celebrates the good efforts of government advocates and journalists to enlist those laws in the search for information we need as self-governing citizens. Sunshine Sunday began in Florida in 2002, led by…

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Women of God, “Let’s make history!”

By Carolyn Griffin   I am amazed at the God inspired ideas that come to me during my early morning times of prayer and meditation, and as I am driving. If I add them to the dreams and visions that I have, and follow through on just a few, I could add the title of…

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